Pete Hegseth knows how to land a punchline, and his latest troll is a doozy—one that’s got the woke crowd clutching their pearls over dead narco-terrorists like it’s a human rights crisis. The Defense Secretary shared a fake children’s book cover on X, reimagining the classic Franklin the Turtle as a gun-toting hero blasting cartel boats from a chopper. The title? “Franklin Targets Narco-Terrorists.” It’s the perfect jab at the left’s selective outrage: they mourn the “victims” of Trump’s drug war takedowns but stay silent on the fentanyl flooding our streets, killing 100,000 Americans a year.
The image is gold: Franklin in a helmet and camo, M16 slung over his shell, firing on speedboats loaded with cartel goons, with the subtitle “A Classic Franklin Story.” It’s absurd, it’s hilarious, and it cuts right to the heart of the hypocrisy. Leftists have been wailing about Trump’s “double-tap” policy—drones confirming kills on narco-thugs—as some kind of war crime, while ignoring the victims back home. Hegseth’s post? A reminder that sometimes, you need a turtle with a trigger finger to clean up the mess.
The backlash was swift and predictable. They’ll make room for Stephen King’s ‘IT’—the special edition where the underage orgy is accompanied by illustrations. But say this.”
TheTonus added, “Cry more.”
Zaid Jilani, ever the contrarian, defended leftist shooters in a Wired piece, calling it a “gun culture revolution”—right under a photo of someone with a “death to all” patch.
That’s why we made a video from the photo and we can say our children would love this game:
Hegseth’s not wrong to mock it.
He’s a breath of fresh air—no apologies, just truth with a side of satire. The meltdown? Music to our ears.
